SwamBMX

I've worked in 30 or 40 US embassies around the world. There's a good chance I trained your parents if they work in Consular. How do you think they feel about the state of our immigration and visitor policies with the current administration? Do they enjoy working for DoS? Any plans to become a road warrior yourself?

I agree with the idea, but disagree in practice. The military should be ultra efficient, but with most garrison tasks, it's just not. There is surprisingly little innovation, or tolerance for any idea or practice that is not mandated. When innovation or change does happen, it's almost universally on an individual level and must be held close to the vest. The few organizations that do encourage innovation are highly specialized, very small and operate with much less bureaucratic process than "regular" military. The military could leverage its incredible resources much better if it didn't treat it's people only as tools meant for a prescribed task. The culture is just too rigid to foster adaptability outside of a technical manual. Like you though, that's just my opinion.

I tried and got 0 responses :/

It's not that they won't let you out; it's that other countries won't let you in

Cool, thanks for the info!